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THE ENTERPRISE | Published Every Tuesday and Friday by the ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING COMPANY Williamston, North Carolina W. C. Manning v . Editor Subscription Priee (Strictly cash in advance) - 1 year - -- - sl-50 6 months f -80 3 months 45 Entered at the post office af Williamston, N. C. as second-class matter under the act of March d, 1879. »■J 1 - * Address all communications to The Enterprise Williamston, N. C., and not to individuals. A K a lei dscope of Human Nature It is awmome to look into the faces of tha amaaaed human being* present at tha .rial now in jirogre* and won-, dw cxac 1/ what thair mind* are reg istering. Cariosity or interent *»ch as ; would be evidenoad at a thrilling, (iiarr.a ar i* recogniied ni the; face* of eighty per cent af the audi- j erj§B. Daspair and hope are writ'eni -4*mihlv in the snnken eye* and twitch-j u.g BiuscleiT'~»^-U»fi > frieii4.s "and relur jve* of the accused, iwul they vhelW 3 " • ives, like a revolving l«hU retteat t,p«, daspair, misery, expectation, .., «anfvlence, and u*happine»u». The . oAieys, like physician#, have be ome hardened by naeeaaity to tha pka .ona af th# humaa kaert, and all more er le*a interested from | . * af winaing ar conyuer- JL . —" >ng. S udyingr the raeatal ability, ean i he Elder Stands Up , _..*rk e Comment, ia the Gree*«hero i Daily NewiO 1 «en -he name of a miaister ef the e «aj»ul appeared among tkoee lie ted ** r .n inkers ef the Martia County mob t hi na ueul aesumpt on wau tihat the t ■tan ceuldn'i be a real miniater; that « t* he wiu pacing under false eolors or j had fallen from high eetate and the j -.itle mi wora anworthilj, Mot every f oa who ettachee "Itev." or "lfclder j o hi* name really Hut the j testimony throli's new light en the i matter and te tke preacher-mob inem- f ber's credit. The men is E. C. Stone, f an "Elder" of th* Primitive Baptist , faith. He'i# a native of England, 17 ( yearn 4c this country and for 12 years > bearing e commission a* a preacher of | the Primitive Haptist denomlnuton. j Asked on the wtness stand why he ] participated In tj*e mol» activities, he ] answered: "1 do net knew. 1 fell nto tempta-1 i tien. The jrirl was my stepftaughWr, j i and she was very aear aiid Aaar to J me. 1 ean not explain why 1 did not ■ back eat. Words are futile when I! attempt 'o u»e A»m to express the; serrow and regret that All my woul." Deeble** belieTini*- that a heinous crime had been committed egainet his e'epdavghter, Elder Stone oeaeed to be e preacher and became eimply a, man, with an overpowering desire fori revenge poeaessing him. He een't * • ' W ! Fathers of Great Men '4 FATHERS OF GKEAT MBN (Ppbli»k*i by requaat) Hr. S. S. Viaher, the ijeograpker, l:M taken the trouble te determine the '•rcupatiww of the father* of 18,410 wh» g»r* ia the laet iaaue of Who'a Wke In America. Accord lag te man ef ability are b»r* much mare frequently ia the familiee of profaaeionaft men than If" any other. EWaritfati— amea* profaasi«n» ha feund that ana hundred father* in *Mlt af the fallowing »ro«pa average Read The Ads i victions, and sympathetic trends of ! hear* af Uie juroi.i, theiis is u means j'ul jtiVBITiiODd av 'S^uk- 1 , xT.i.i.i;.. " influ enced »n R measure oy personill beliei I aim luitn m a client. I ine i e porter* —bor«*t bytifc ionß | proceedings 01 court and tli«f rehash ing and repetition ol testimonies and lack of new« tor their respective ur -1 of information >.u ,he scandal-' lowing public—are tired oi reading old smoking cigarettes. Then there is a email percentage of per son* attendingVhe court iwth preju dice in their forgetful for the moment the heart pang* of those in trouble, and af the faßt that there. are two aide* to every trouble, they, smile at a sally partial to those they! j, * \ « j favar and frown at a couaterpoint. j understand now why he yielded to temptation, lie doesn't try to excuse; himself, nor is he trying to escape by | confessing, it apr»ears. "He spareii neither himself nor any of the mem-j b«r* ef his wlio were memlier* I of the says a report of his tes timony; and-the infererueis that the preacher is willing to take his pun ishment; feels that it is due him in fact. Acceptng that understanding at, its £uee valv the estimate of Elder S one rises ne ir "par. He.committed a grievous and inexcusable sin. He hud provocation, but one of his cloth should have been engaged in persuad ing others to desis' 'roin what they! did rather than encouraging them by.l his presence; and the preacner being present and consenting was n great incentive 'o the mob. hut great, as is 1 his sin, Elder Stone stands s'raitfnt in I his confession, .and Ids repciittuice t must be genuine, seeing that he isn't claiming immunity from punishment, an so many in his position would. He notnnly confesses but Is wilting • nke hi* punishment, no, in defiance hut j as something justly coming to him for his sirr. That sort of feeling, to which op -n confession is is most en- j ! couraging. When one admits wrong, j and in ndmitting offers neither excuse j nor defence, but • proclaims that he | deserves punishment, there is hope for him. Th»t isn't se common, even j among preachers. a certain number of dintiniruiahed | Koru- thus: ! Engineer* .6 | Fhysicians *_ 1.0 1 Methodist clergy - 1.0 1 I e»s . r. 1.9 ' Bap'int clergy 2.3 ' Sea captains and pilots 1!.4 1 Unlveraalist clergy 1.0 ' Presbyterian clergy _ .... S O • Episcopal clergy i. 1,1,7 1 Congregational clergy .12.5 1 Unitarian clergy 16.0 —-Current Opinion. TOBACCO CO-OPS BOOST BUSINESS MERCHANTS ANl> TAX LISTS 1 I'KOVE ASS'N MKM HICKS j ( FKEEST FKOM DEHT ' |i ( •I i f it Keep I he Price Up ( Since tlif investigating committee of 1 aKricultural leader* of three States: • ha.-, i.ulinu'.teil its report on the opera-1 lions of the Tobacco Growers Coop-1 . erative Association, sire-sing partic ularly its relations with member growers, mora inleroht on the part of th'' general |»ublic has been shown in i the results of cooperative marketing of i obacco. . ' The following article is biased on in formation gathered by one of the Vir j ginia members of the committee ufter a Careful study of the growers asso- • ciatiorv: » There is every reason why business | men in the tobacco territory should i support cooperative marketing, accord ing to'tjie present situation. The first reason is J bat it has brought more 1 money into the territory, and the sec ond is that it has caused tobacco gjowers to pay their "debts more promptly. 1 can be proved beyond question that the Tobacco Growers Coopera- 1 tiv.e Association has caused jpore r money to be put into, circulation in the tobacco belt than would have been n circulation had there been no qsso- [ eiation. Figure - ; taken from the Di-j vision of Agricultural Statstics show that from 1913-16 the average annual production of tobacco in Virginia was 135,25(1,000 |Miuriiln, which sold at an 'price of 12 rents a pound, or| | a toial average value of $16,076,000 ( | per year, From 4922-24 the average j ; annual production of tobacco in V'ir- i Lrinia was 148,>66,000 pounds, which sold at an average price of 23 cents | '.per pound, or for a total average value of $32,933,000 per year. There was no cooperative association operating in "Virginia from; 1913-16 There was a; cop"iative association operating'from | | 11)22-24 which handled nearly half of, , tl'.o tobacco grown in the State for| »h vi> years. T! l ?re is no.other lnrgej I crop in Virginia that has sold for j double pre-war prices duing 1922-24., ! Is it worth somothing to business mer for farmers to have .twice as 'much i i money to spend ? If so, no I usiness | man can-afford not to support an or ganization which helps bring about ' such a condition. j' Enemies of cooperative' marketing! j will arirue that increased demand is i altogether responsible for the increase' ii. tobacco prices, hut figures gotten [ i from the l T ni*ed States Department of Agriculture show that there has been i i no special increased demand for either, i Virginia Sun Cured or Dark Ifired To- !). RV'TfTiit'd* CO. Patent Tjwv'rii 30" Seventh St WBuM'-g'-Oti, t>v Over 34 yeir* e*|»fl?t>ce PATENTS Ob'aine'l. Send nrv'el or sk n t>'h unci WP will promptly sejul yon a report. Our boo£ on patent* and trade-marks will be '-ent to yju on request! THE ENTERPRISE WIULIAMSTON NORTH CAROLINA bacco. As a matter «>f fact, both pro duction and consumption of tlie.se two types of tot>a hu~e decreased liui ing the past ten years. There has "been a great increase in demand for Vir ginia Flue Cured Toiwcco, but pro duction ":ieeniK to hav -' ;iC"'te , a*>t_ kept up with demand during the last few years and the manufacturers are in crefeing their r*s rve .stocks. The Brookniire Economic Survey Service in New Voi(c in its bu!!e'.ii/y>f March 6 - h, writes as follows: \» Tobacco I'rices Double. "The past three years acreage of tobacco in the Unite I States has averaged 44 per cent greater than in the five-year . )K»ri'd, 1909-lfi, and the production 3 l>e*r' cent greater. t onsumptioM has been only 2! per cell' higher tlias ill the pie-vvai period and exports 25 per cent higher..' In 1934 exports were unusually large, running 29 per cent larger than the pr«-war average. 1 rice* tlys year . |ual T9X "per cent of 'lie I-I.'! a'veriuM's ntid lhe average price for the years 1922-24 is 204 -per cent. Stocks of tobacco in manufac turers and dealers hands are heavy. If these~~Hgures are approximately ! correct, what has ci used the increased price for-tobacco! is it not logical I to conclude 'hat the fact that tobacco I ha? b'erj merchandised By cooperative | associations instead of being dumped, as in tin# past, has had something to do with the situation? Cooperative I mt.rkeiing has made the price for both | members and nohmenibers during the past three years. Ihe Co-op* Pay Best. Enemies of (•.•operative marketing argue that co | .ipTHiive marketing is not a good tiling for merchants and other busi | r.ess men, because - they say that the j delay in payments prevents member* ! of the association from paying their I debts. Let us see Whether this is I :■ lly true. I A recent survey made in Dinwiddie ■ County, Va., by John K. Abernathy i among the merchants shows the fol ! lowing: Sidney Young, a merchant in Rut te'rworth, Va., had 92" Outstanding ac- J counts, 85 of these being against non members and 7 against members, W. Rousseau, Dewitt, Va., had 151 out standing accounts, 150 nonmemliers and oho member. R. K- Baxter, Din* widdie, Va. had 14 outstanding ac- This' Label Protects .Ton . * ' -T V T7U* Label thing do J* yoer from Your Nearest ▼ Authorized Ford Dealer. I coun s, 8 nonttiembej v 6 member*. J. W. Adkins & Company, Dinwiddie, Va., had 615 outstanding. accounts, 50 nnnmembers; 13 ineiibers. At least . 0 per cent of tiio tobacco growers n Dinwiddie County Ijelong to the to bacco growers association. Auk the Merchants. Rut le. us go tur.her and see if the same condition wp plies in other sections. John Caw thorne, a merchant of Zebulon, North arotfna, states: "1 ain in u business ihr.t denls di* ree'ly with farmers, and during a year I will ordinarily get from 600 to 8(M) small accounts on my books. The record of my 1923 business of unpaid accounts up to November 13, 1924, shows that I had 95 delinquent ac counts, 71 of the 95 were noninembers of the tobacco association, 24 were members, and 17 cut of the 24 were contract breakers." Share Mercantile Compai v, in Stokes County, has on its books 14,- 40(1. Only .41,4011 of -this is owed by members of the T bacco throwers As* I sociation. One of the leading doctors in King Nor't" Carol-'nf has $7,20(1 jon hi'- books, onlv $2,000 of this is owed by Co-ops. Kit her of these men will trade their non-member accoun's i for co-op* accounts. Helps North Carolina. Hut let us jgo furlhefc- -Fifty per cent ef the | f'irmers in Surry County, North-Caro lina, are members of, the association. In this county there are 200 farms ad vertised Tor sale by the sheriff for taxes. One hundred hdd eighty-four of the 200 are owned by nonmembers' and 16 by members of the coopera tive association. Of the 16 members w hose property is being advertised for sj.le by the sheriff, 11 are known to be CCF ract breakers. Of 'he remaining 4, owners, -three-were insolvent before cooperative marketing was organized, l ive hundred thousand dollars has I been loaned to Surry County farmers by Federal Land Ranks. Four-fifths I of the borrowers from this bank are nonmembers and one-flfth members of the cooperative association. The one ftfth that are members have Borrowed only one-eighth of the total amount, or $62,500.00. From these figures it can be seen that the cooperative system encour ages farmers to pay their debts ra'her | in this county there ae 200 farms ad their 'debts. The new system of pay ! ments at intervals during the year ! does not allow the farmers muyh * ur " | plus at any one time and discourages spending money f»r luxuries, and ! wasting it on nonebsentials. Since eo , ofierative marketing of ' obacco causes more to be put into circulation Jln the tobacco belt and encourage farmers to pay their debts protnptiy, | is there any reason why business men should not support it. —S. D. —Advertisement." . " V—=> NOTICE I will sell at publie auction lor cash all household and kitchin furniture be longing to tht estate of the late James W. Coltr&in on Thursday, June 4 1925, at 10 a .m., at his late residence AMANDA WHITLEY, Administrati ix. This May 4th, 1925. m 5 4tw WANTS (OK SALE: MEXICAN BIG BOL' Cotton Seed for sale. Grown in 192: and are better than 1924. Will ie liver seed. Box 152 Uocky Mount N. C. POTATO PLANTS FOR SALE Good strong Government inspectt-u f*oroi Rican sweet pola o plants fo sale. Now ready for sh.pment a $1.75 per lOV. 0 Mrs. G. N. Wcatherly I FlaxleJ', Ga. " •- ■ m 5 21 CLEANING, PRESSING, TS&Zti ing, and dyeing. Ladies' work a special y. All work called for and de liveiei. Willie Thompson, 406 Bail j roal St. m 8 lmo LOST SATURDAY NIGHT: ONE bar pin set with pearls and blue sapphires. Sallie Harris. FOR u# YEARS HALL'S CATAKHIi MKUICIMH has been' uaa«l successfully ui the treatment of Catarrh. HAlst/9 CATARRH MEUICIHHI con sists of an Ointment which Quickly Relieves by local application, and the Internal Medicine, a Tonic, which acts through the Blood on the llucous Sur faces. thus reducing the Inflammation. Sold by all drucctsts. F. J. Cheney * Co., Toledo. Ohio. OIF life a shoe At the first crack of tpT" spark. A standing start is no handicap to the car with a tankful of "Standard" —cbt gasoline that's noted for casf starting. , ' x ■' 1 ■ . * "STANDARD" GASOLINE x .• • ' 7 " J - - MADE IN THE CAROLINAS YOU COULD ASK FOR . * , ' - . s NOTHING BETTER than thj perfectly dean, t VX smart-looking garments turn ed out by our dry cleaning f 1 establishment. We can ahow I I J \ Vf you how to aave many dollan \ (/ on your clothe* this year by 1 \ patronising this shop. No i| J u h matter how soiled or shabby I 'I IvJ looking, the dress or suit can mm restored by us. POPE'S PHONE 242 C Service Shop BEAT THE BOLL WEEVIL •' U By using eprolific Cotton Seed. JBTOWB median weed and produces a lvavy july crop Field selected for years. sl-2 per bushel. -» * WHEN IN NEED OF ACTUAL AS Wakefield cabbage plants, lSe per hundred; SI.OO per thousand. Pep - per plan's lated. Tel. 80, CLtud: Leggett, City. 4t-2tm 6 66 is a prescription for Malaria, Chills and Fever, Dengue or Bilious Fever It kills the germs. flflKu' H i Csndhfaii Aak ottrdt
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